Japanese red elder plants drop unripe fruit to lure beetles that eat and disperse seeds, benefiting from pollination.

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Japanese red elder plants drop unripe fruit to lure beetles that eat and disperse seeds, benefiting from pollination. This seemingly futile act is a clever cooperation between species. Sometimes, what appears to be loss is quietly building something stronger.

Read more: https://thedebrief.org/falling-fruit-reveals-a-hidden-pact-between-plants-and-pollinating-beetles/

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